SIX schools including North Georgetown Secondary and St Winefride’s Secondary, recorded victories when action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Ministry of Education Inter-school cricket competition continued recently across the country.

In their respective matches against Queenstown and Gamaliel’s Academy, North Georgetown and St Winefride’s scored convincing victories, even as Swami Purnananda Secondary, Ebascol Educational Centre, Tutorial High and the International Business College chalked up wins.

Scores from matches played are as follows
Swami Purnananda Secondary defeated President’s College by 54 runs.

Swami Purnananda took first strike and made 138 all out from 33.1 overs, with Mukeshwar Pitam (53) and Domain Waldron (44) being the leading scorers against the bowling of Deryck Mingo who took 5-13 and Durvash Roopnarine with 3-10.

In reply, President’s College were bowled out for 84 in 26 overs, with Roopnarine (16), Akwesi Alfred (12) and Kevin Abrams 11 being the principal scorers while Azale Da Silva with 5-13 and Waldron and Aris Samad who took two wickets each, bowled their school to a 54-run victory.

Ebascol Educational Centre scored 156 before they were bowled out in 30.2 overs against Hindu College, with Reeaz Rahaman and David Mahesh making 22 each while and Seeram Alli and Vishram Alli also contributed 12 each against the bowling of Parsuram Lall (3-16), Shawn Campbell (3-26) and Alexander Outar 2-35.

In reply, Hindu College were bowled out for 85 in 19 overs, with Navindra Dianauth being the only batsman to reach double figures with 11, against the bowling of David Mahesh (5-18) and Rahaman and Joshua Bidajhar who supported with two wickets each.

In the match between St Winefride’s and Gamaliel’s Academy which was played last Wednesday at the GNIC Sports club ground, St Winefride’s walked away with a massive 234-run victory over their opponents.

St Winefride’s took first strike and made 267 all out in 26 overs, with Motiall Avenish 56 (9×4), Sean Browne 39 (2×4, 3×6) and Tevin Williams 26 being the leading scorers against the bowling of Jerry Da Silva (5-68) and Terell Braithwaite 3-70 from six overs each.

Gamaliel’s Academy, in reply, were bundled out for a meagre 24 from just nine overs, as Andrew O’Donoghue took 6-1 from four overs and Jubal Ramphal 2-3 ensuring their team completed their second victory handsomely.

North Georgetown took first strike against Queenstown CHS and were bowled out for 191 from 27 overs, with Martin Pestano Belle leading the way with 95, while Ravindralall Persaud scored 18 and Inford Charles 14.

Chavez Jairam bagged 5-51, Lauret Stewart 3-39 for Queenstown CHS, who were bowled out for 95 in reply from 14.2 overs, with Steven Jupiter scoring 21 while Chavez Jairam and Mario King scored 17 and 14 respectively, as Ravindralall Persaud captured 5-54 and Inford Charles 2-32 for North Georgetown who won by 96 runs.

Marian Academy and International Business College (IBC) squared off yesterday at the YMCA Thomas Lands ground. Marian Academy, taking first strike, scored 155 before being bowled out in 32.4 overs, with Avinash Odit and Timothy Farnum 22, Tagenarine Chanderpaul 21 and Joseph Leo 14 leading the way for batsmen, while extras top-scored with 60.

Bowling for International Business College, Daniel Manohar, 3-28 and Kevin Evans and Bhojnarine Singh with two wickets each did the damage with the ball for their team who reached 159-7 from 25 overs in reply, to complete a three-wicket victory.

Delroy D’Aguiar made a very impressive 62, reaching the boundary nine times (7×4, 2×6) while Gabriel Cole supported with 32. Bowling for Marian Academy, David Ward took 2-22.

In the other match in the Zone played on the said day at GYO ground, Tutorial High defeated St Joseph High by 37 runs

Tutorial batted first and made 204 all out in 24 overs, thanks to the batting of Jamal Norton and Wayne Walker who made 59 each while Aleem Rasheed scored 13 in support. Bowling for St Joseph High, Dhanesh Persaud took 4-32 and Joseph Marks 3- 34 from five overs each.

In reply, St Joseph High were bowled out for 167 in 22.2 overs of which Shivram Persaud (61), Jevon Roberts (50) and Hemchand John and Ronald Geer with 12 each, led the batting against the bowling of Wayne Walker (6-57) and Garfield De Roache (2-9). Tutorial High won by 37 runs.